{"id":2261,"date":"2026-07-19T08:57:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T08:57:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scottysblog.com\/home\/?p=2261"},"modified":"2026-07-19T09:00:01","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T09:00:01","slug":"2261-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottysblog.com\/home\/2261-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Sarah&#8217;s Birthday Drinks &amp; Dinner"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What better antidote to hot summer evenings than some rooftop drinks with the girls? The usual five of us headed out this week to Circe in Waterloo, for pre dinner drinks to celebrate Sarah&#8217;s impending birthday. 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Massive phew &#8211; it was great! And even better in that I had found it on The Fork and it had a 50% off food offer. So we filled our little boots and every single dish was a total winner. 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